"That's cool Mike," I told him, pleased. I guess the battalion chief had liked him after all.
"Yeah," he nodded. "And the best thing is that it keeps my foot in the door at the department for the next time they test. Keeps my face known and all that, especially since I'll visit all the stations on all three shifts. And the guys at the station where I was at told me I could use their weight room whenever I wanted to help build up my arms for the combat challenge." He gave me a determined look. "I'm gonna ace that motherfucker next time I take it."
We talked a little bit more and he eventually climbed back in his car and drove off to go get ready for his date with Maggie. Talking with him had put me in a great mood.
Nina came over for dinner that night. After eating my Mom's ham we spent a little time talking to Tracy in her little cave. The two of them chatted on and on, mostly ignoring me as Nina asked question after question about college life and Tracy answered them. We were at the stage where we were waiting for either the acceptance or the rejection letters from UWS and Nina told her how she waited every day for the appearance of the mailman and was disappointed every day when the letter wasn't there. Tracy said she remembered well what that had felt like. Finally, with her pain medication kicking in, Tracy started to nod off a little.
"We'd better let you sleep," I told her, standing up. "You got your appointment tomorrow at the hospital."
"Yeah," she mumbled sleepily. "What a nightmare that's going to be. Another ambulance coming over to wrestle me onto a gurney."
We said good night to her and headed out towards the porch, passing Mom and Dad who were in the living room watching television. Mom was working on some of the paperwork from her job that she'd missed while she was gone. She didn't plan to go back to work until Tracy was better so she was completing some of her work at home. Dad was going over some bills. My parents rarely watched the television, they just liked to have it on while they did other things. They both grunted to us as we went out the front door, closing it behind us.
We sat on the old porch swing and Nina leaned into me. The sun had just set and the few clouds in the sky were tinged with red as the sky steadily darkened. The evening star was the only one out.
"How come an ambulance has to come and get Tracy?" Nina asked me.
"Because she's in that lower body cast and she can't bend. She won't fit in the car so they have to put her on a gurney, take her to the hospital for the appointment, and then bring her back again. That's how they're gonna have to do it for the next five weeks until the cast can come off. Then she'll start physical therapy until she's able to walk again normally."
"Poor Tracy," she said sadly, snuggling a little closer to me. "Are you going with her tomorrow?"
"No," I said. "Just Mom and Dad. I imagine it'll degenerate to just Mom after a few times."
"What time does she go?"
"The appointment's at nine," I answered. "But the ambulance will be here at eight-thirty. Why?"
"Oh, just curious." She said innocently. Maybe a little too innocently.
We talked and swung gently back and forth as the last of the light faded from the sky. The kids that had been outside playing all drifted back in as their mothers called them. Other stars appeared and the sound of the crickets began.
I pulled her a little tighter and she turned her face up to me to be kissed.
I put my lips to hers, feeling her tongue dart out to taste me. My tongue answered back for a moment as I relished the feel of her mouth against mine.
I broke the kiss and tried to pull away but her arms went around my neck, pulling me gently against her. Her tongue shot back into my mouth insistently, hungrily. I kissed back enthusiastically for a moment, aroused by her aggression. I allowed my hand to drop to the skin of her bare thigh.
"Nina," I said breathlessly when our kiss finally broke. "My parents are right inside."
"So?" she asked, licking across my upper lip with her tongue. "They know we kiss don't they? Besides, I don't think your parents are the type to watch us."
"Yeah," I said, "But…"
"I missed you while you were gone Bill," she told me. "I missed talking to you, being with you, hearing you. I got to catch up on that yesterday. But I also missed touching you and having you touch me. I missed kissing you." She sucked my upper lip into her mouth and let her tongue slide inside my mouth again.
I gave in, surrendering to her kisses, my hand rubbing up and down on her thigh, feeling the skin beneath my fingertips, feeling my penis come to full staff in my shorts. After five minutes of this Nina let her hand slide slowly down my chest and stomach, her fingernails scratching at me through my shirt. Her hand continued downward and was suddenly resting on the bulge in my shorts. Her fingers, which were quickly becoming expert at the task, began to squeeze.
"Mmmmm, and I missed this," she said softly against my lips.
As much as I enjoyed the feel of her caressing hand on me I had to reach down and gently remove it. We were on a front porch on a suburban street. And though it was dark, it wasn't pitch black and anyone could have wandered along at any time. My parents also might have wandered out to the porch for whatever reason.
"Prude," Nina accused playfully, giving me one last squeeze but taking her hand away.
"Sorry," I chuckled.
She gave me another kiss and then moved her lips to my ear. She licked at the lobe briefly and then whispered, "I guess I'm gonna have take care of myself again tonight."
She had found one of my weak spots and she knew it. The thought of Nina laying in bed and rubbing herself was almost more than I could handle. I groaned in frustration.
"Unless," she continued to whisper, "you'd maybe like to take a little walk with me? Didn't you tell me once that you and Mike had a spot over at the school? A private spot? A spot that we could maybe put to a little better use than smoking pot?"
"Let's go," I said, standing quickly up.
She giggled and stood, taking my hand in hers. We started to walk.
It was very dark as we crept our way into the back of the school. There were no light poles or building lights nearby. The only illumination came from the stars and the half-moon that drifted above us. The crickets ceased their chirping as we found a spot under a tree and sat on the ground, our backs against the trunk.
"There," Nina told me, pushing her body against mine. "Nice and private. No parents, no people out for a walk. Nice place you have here Bill."
"Thanks," I said softly, pulling her to me and kissing her again.
Our kisses were frantic, deep, without a hint of gentleness as our tongues dueled in each other's mouths. Our hands slid up down each other's bodies, grasping and groping. I slid my hand beneath her shirt, under her bra, taking her bare breast in my palm and feeling it. Her hand slid down the back of my shorts, feeling my ass.
"Kiss my neck," she commanded, letting her head fall back on her shoulders. "I love it when you do that."
I complied, letting the back of my tongue trail across her cheek to her throat. My free hand slid up the inside of her bare thigh to the edge of her shorts. She opened her legs for me. I slid my fingers under the leg of the shorts, which were loose and baggy upon her. They moved upward until I reached the crotch of her panties, which were soaked with her excited secretions. Two fingers wormed their way beneath the cotton to her swollen lips. She moaned as my digits penetrated her.
It was awkward and my hand and forearm quickly got sore from the angle, but I brought her to orgasm as I slid my fingers in and out of her body. She thrust her pelvis rapidly into me and began to whine as she came. I silenced her vocalizations by putting my mouth to hers.